"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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"Gus" wrote in message
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Each evening I put out chestnuts for the local squirrel. The bowel
can
hold 8 mixed size chestnuts.

I would have thought that the bowel of a aquirrel would be quite a lot
smaller in volume than that of 8 chestnuts. {:-))

Each morning I noticed that only a small
number were taken. I decided to put out 7, in the morning 3 were
left.
The next morning I put out 6, it left 2. For the last week I have
put
out 5, it always leaves one taking only 4. This raises the
questions;
why does this squirrel only take 4 chestnuts? can this squirrel
count?
It takes them away one at a time.

This sounds interesting. What happens if you repeat the sequence a
few times?

Franz

The little critter is a lot smarter than we are. "If it works well--don;t
abuse it"